Underground Railroad FreeWalk: Philadelphia

Name: Underground Railroad FreeWalk: Philadelphia
Start: 2025-06-21T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-06-21T18:30:00-04:00
Location: Love Park

Hosted By

Charles U.

Underground Railroad FreeWalk: Philadelphia

Details

Juneteenth walking history tour of Underground Railroad and related sites in the city of Philadelphia

Please register for FREE to attend.

Start: Love Park, 16th and JFK, near Suburban Station
Finish: Chestnut Hill East Station or Love Park
Distance: 6-20mi
Where to find us: near 16th and JFK
Optional endpoints: Many, including return to Su
Mini: 10K (6mi) loop back to Love Park
Terrain: paved, gravel
Transit: Septa to Suburban Station
Return: Septa Regional Rail
Parking: Love Park, Family Court Building, nearby garages
Difficulty: Beginner(short) to Advanced(full length)
Category: nature, history, urban, theme
Coordinator: Charles Updike

Travel on foot as many Underground passengers did, learn about the history of the abolitionist movement in Philadelphia that helped to spawn the Underground Railroad, and the local routes moving people through the Philadelphia region, visit an Underground Railroad museum, and finish with an escape from the city as many did along the Old Baltimore Pike.

Complete the short loop walk, or travel further with a visit to the museum, admission not included, perhaps a lunch stop, and return to the start by train.

Highlights:

Octavio Catto memorial
Paschall Alley
St Georges Church
Arch Street Wharf
Front and Market
Anthony Benezet Home
Lucretia Mott home
Pennsylvania Hall
Liberty Bell
President's house
Washington Square
Mother Bethel AME Church
James Forten House
William Still house
W E B DuBois mural
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House

FULL ROUTE includes:

Belmont Mansion
Underground Railroad Museum
Johnson House
Cliveden
Old Baltimore Pike

Partners:
Circuit Trails is 800 miles of interconnected trails in Greater Philadelphia in the making, already one of America's largest trail networks. Once connected, the Circuit Trails will be one of the nation's premier urban trail networks and it will provide multiple benefits to neighborhoods, communities and the region as a whole.